Where will all the laid off tech workers go?

Is there any data on the % of layoffs on actual technical folk (SWEs, etc...) vs non-technical staff (recruiters, etc...)? That's one thing I wonder, as a SWE. Is the market actually now flooded with SWEs, or was the actual number of laid of SWEs a much lower percentage of the total people laid off?

To the other tech companies that didn&#x27;t irresponsibly add massive headcount over the last few years.<p>We slowed hiring because it was impossible to hire above a certain skill threshold within realistic comp structures for a year or so there. Turns out most of that equity given out in competing offers ended up being largely worthless

They should start their own tech company, with a union, and employee owned.

Learn to mine.<p>Just kidding, had to say it though.

A fair number will leave the industry<p>This isn&#x27;t controversial and it happened in the dot-com bubble aftermath<p>For many, they were never deeply committed to IT anyway and were only following good&#x2F;easy-to-attain positions<p>For some, they had bills to pay and couldn&#x27;t afford to wait things out<p>The most interesting class of workers in this round are the (former) FAANG cohort of overcompensated middle-performers. These people were gut-punched by their layoffs, and they will be gut-punched again when they see future offers that may be 50% of what they were making before. HN isn&#x27;t receptive to these types of observations so it will likely just have to sink in over time...the days of coding React for two hours a day and pulling in total comp of $400k are probably gone forever.